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QUOTE (rushfanNlv @ Sep 2 2009, 02:01 PM) QUOTE (SignatureAurora75 @ Sep 2 2009, 09:37 AM) On a similar topic, How about the same question I just asked in relationship to the Tone knob? Like the neck pickup, my tone pot is always on, meaning all the way up! Maybe it's just me, but anything less than the fullest sound isn't worth playing. I may have much to learn. I am probably just a treble freak, maybe that's why I love his old Signature guitars. But, say I'm jamming through my amp and there are times when too much treble feels like it's stabbing my eardrums. In that case I would just turn the highs down right at the amp. On most guitars, I will always have the tone all the way up. However on two of my guitars, I have a 500K tone pot (most guitars are 250K) and having it all the way up is very ice pickish. While that effect is desirable sometimes, most of the time it is not so I dial it back to around 7ish and only turn it up when I'm having trouble hearing myself in a loud mix. My Strat has that TBX tone control (bottom one for the bridge pickup). It has an indent at the halfway point at 5, and from 0 to 5 it acts the same as a normal tone control. Going past that towards 10 adds brightness. In that sense, it's much like the 500K pot on yours. I keep it at just above 5. On rare occasions I'll go a little higher for a clean part.

QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Sep 2 2009, 12:36 PM) And so it begins.... Last night I bought the Arriving Somewhere DVD and Fear Of A Blank Planet. Haven't listened/watched a lot yet (no time), but let's just say I'll be posting in this thread on a regular basis. I bought the DVD at lunch - wanted to get "Deadwing" but FYE didn't have it. I can't wait to get home and commandeer the DVD player!

And so it begins.... Last night I bought the Arriving Somewhere DVD and Fear Of A Blank Planet. Haven't listened/watched a lot yet (no time), but let's just say I'll be posting in this thread on a regular basis.

When using a distorted sound, Alex uses the bridge pickup almost all the time. Exceptions would be for solos where he wants that thick bassy sound, like on the first half of the "Camera Eye" solo. He starts with the neck one, then you'll hear him switch to the bridge about halfway through. For clean non-distorted parts, he'll use either pickup, or both together, depending on the sound he wants for each song. He uses the bridge pickup for the clean parts on "Bravado," and both pickups together for the quiet arpeggios in the middle section of "The Trees." For the clean bluesy section of the main solo of "La Villa," he's using either the neck one or both together, then when he kicks in the distortion, he switches to the bridge. EDIT: Nlv put his post up while I was typing mine...he covered much of the same ground I did.

QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Sep 2 2009, 09:51 AM) Any more details about Kerry? According to a post on the Kansas board, "...they are encouraged that Kerry does not appear to have any "sagging of the face"....the area of the brain which had the clot deals with the language/high-end skills......they are praying there is little damage to the area. A CAT-scan is scheduled for later today."

QUOTE (PhilsFriendMatt @ Sep 1 2009, 09:27 PM) I had a set of these on my squier strat for a long time. I'm not a guitar player, I just screw around with it, but they never flaked at all after months of my buddys and me screwing around with it. My guitarist also just put a set on his prs after using ernie balls forever and is in love with them. No flaking issues on either and they made both guitars sound way better. Which ones, the Cleartones or the Elixirs?

Currently enjoying this song: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

QUOTE (sullysue @ Sep 1 2009, 05:01 PM) QUOTE (Steevo @ Sep 1 2009, 03:09 PM) QUOTE (sullysue @ Sep 2 2009, 01:36 AM)QUOTE (Steevo @ Aug 31 2009, 10:55 PM)QUOTE (sullysue @ Sep 1 2009, 01:56 AM)QUOTE (Gompers @ Aug 31 2009, 08:54 AM) QUOTE (Steevo @ Aug 30 2009, 10:08 PM) So anyway, what did you guys think of Steve's arrangement of "Death of Samantha"? ???? What? BTW...there is an obscure PT song called Meantime out there on the Net. It sounds nothing like PT. I was waiting for someone else to ask that. What???? I've seen Meantime on the website, but haven't listened. Have you had a chance to listen to the samples of NSRGTS RMXS? Sorry, you lost me on that one. The Yoko project, no? Anyways, it wasn't THAT bad really, considering her *ahem* history Sue, I had a chance to nab NSRGNTS RMXS, signed as well but....ummmmmmm no http://www.amazon.com/Death-Of-Samantha/dp/B000TE0OKI What the....????!!!! That's kind of weird. Dont' you think that's kind of weird? I would never in a million years imagine an association of the two. I won't say too much about it, as I have a certain amount of respect for Yoko Ono. But, um... some "sounds" should not be recorded. Ever. That is all I have to say. Yoko Ono's voice.....if your dog was making those noises, you'd take it out back and shoot it.

QUOTE (tick @ Sep 1 2009, 03:08 PM) Just wanted to bump this thread to say, guitarist Kerry Livgren suffered a stroke last night. His son Jake sent word on the Kansas board asking for prayers for his dad. I just thought Kansas fans would want to know. His wife found him on the bathroom floor. That's about all the details at this time. Terrible news. Sending good thoughts his and his family's way.

QUOTE (Fridge @ Sep 1 2009, 01:54 AM) Rushfannlv, I'm interested in these.....have you ever used Elixir strings, and if so, how would you compare the Cleartones to them? I've never tried Elixirs, but I've heard people complain about the coating flaking off too soon.

QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Aug 31 2009, 12:18 AM) Right on you guys! That's very cool Fields. You just picked up some NR on vinyl without even hearing them yet. I'm curious, which albums did you get? As for "Sister Christian" who an forget that song in "Boogie Nights." Classic. Signed, John Holmes In a movie with so many great scenes, that "Sister Christian" scene stands out. A classic.

I was never a fan of Dean Markleys. Mucho overrated. They sound halfway decent for a day, then die. I like the standard Ernie Ball strings these days, but I'll try the Cleartones if I see them and have a little extra cash in my pocket.

QUOTE (Pags @ Aug 31 2009, 05:04 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 31 2009, 02:57 PM) QUOTE (Pags @ Aug 31 2009, 11:31 AM) I'm barely to be considered a noobie to this band, as I've really only heard two songs - Dark Matter and The Sound of Muzak. However, these two songs alone have convinced me that I have found my modern day Pink Floyd. I spent most of my beach vacation with these two songs playing continuously in my ear buds at full volume with the waves at my feet. I'm back from my vacation and have placed a hold with my local library for Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, and Fear Of A Blank Planet (the only three of their catalog in the library system). Honestly, I can't wait to get my hands on them. I'm about to join the club as well. Found a bunch of Gavin Harrison vids on YouTube. For a busy drummer he's very musical. The man is insane. Futile The Sound Of Muzak Anesthetize I'm loving these links, man. This guy is incredible! And to think he grew up listening to jazz. Prog wasn't even on his radar until he joined PT. The guy is versatile as hell.

QUOTE (Pags @ Aug 31 2009, 11:31 AM) I'm barely to be considered a noobie to this band, as I've really only heard two songs - Dark Matter and The Sound of Muzak. However, these two songs alone have convinced me that I have found my modern day Pink Floyd. I spent most of my beach vacation with these two songs playing continuously in my ear buds at full volume with the waves at my feet. I'm back from my vacation and have placed a hold with my local library for Lightbulb Sun, In Absentia, and Fear Of A Blank Planet (the only three of their catalog in the library system). Honestly, I can't wait to get my hands on them. I'm about to join the club as well. Found a bunch of Gavin Harrison vids on YouTube. For a busy drummer he's very musical. The man is insane. Futile The Sound Of Muzak Anesthetize

QUOTE (Pags @ Aug 31 2009, 11:40 AM) QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Aug 31 2009, 08:45 AM)before they were called the brat pack, a couple of 'em (estevez, lowe) and a bunch of others (howell, macchio, dylan, swayze, cruise, lane) were in THE OUTSIDERS. now that's a good movie for back then, 10 years ago, today, and tomorrow. Hardly to be considered a Brat Pack movie, even though it stars most of those in the Brat Pack. The Outsiders is/was a modern day epic. Years later, while I really don't care for most of those Brat Packer types - I am even more in love with Diane Lane now than I was back then. I actually didn't care for her back then, come to think of it. But nowadays... omg Diane Lane is aging very well. I must have watched "Untraceable" a dozen times over the past few months whenever I stumbled upon it on cable. She wasn't even trying to be sexy in that one and yet she still was.

Apparently this is a side effect of a function we recently implemented. We noticed a lot of thread titles in ALL CAPS and thought we'd thwart that by engaging the anti-CAPS filter. Perhaps certain people who like to SHOUT in their thread titles have gotten the message and we can revert to the old setting?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Aug 27 2009, 10:45 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 27 2009, 04:35 PM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Aug 27 2009, 07:30 PM) Do you not announce this in enough threads already? i bump this thread most times i chat these days, but i won't use this one on thursdays if you don't want me to. Just sayin', you bumped this thread a couple of times, your regular Listening Party one in RS a few times, your Goober Radio one in MoTS a bunch of times... You're not breaking any rules or anything, and I know I'm being a dick here, but how many threads and bumps do you need to promote your show every Thursday? Isn't one thread in RS and one in MoTS enough?

QUOTE (rushgoober @ Aug 27 2009, 07:30 PM) Do you not announce this in enough threads already?

QUOTE (Mara @ Aug 25 2009, 10:44 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 25 2009, 10:28 PM) QUOTE (Mara @ Aug 25 2009, 10:10 PM) Just wondering. . .if I've disliked all Tarentino movies thus far (walked out of "Pulp Fiction" less than halfway through), would this be a waste of money for me? Probably, unless you like movies that have anything to do with war, no matter the style, and no matter if the movie is largely fiction (which this is). From everything I've read this is very much a typical Tarantino movie. I've liked (and loved) several war movies. I think it really is Tarantino himself I don't care for. I just find him booooorrrring. A friend of my ex-fiance actually told him to dump me over my dislike of Tarentino - that there was obviously something wrong with me if I hated Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction. It's worth adding that the guy had just ended marriage #3. I hope you've since sent your ex's friend a bottle of champagne for doing you a huge favor.

QUOTE (Mara @ Aug 25 2009, 10:10 PM) Just wondering. . .if I've disliked all Tarentino movies thus far (walked out of "Pulp Fiction" less than halfway through), would this be a waste of money for me? Probably, unless you like movies that have anything to do with war, no matter the style, and no matter if the movie is largely fiction (which this is). From everything I've read this is very much a typical Tarantino movie.

34 bids so far. I wonder how many of those bids were put in by Joe's Mechanic.

QUOTE (Fridge @ Aug 22 2009, 11:15 AM) Well, as a bloke I can tell you that she is far more appealing in the second picture. Women are supposed to have curves, not look like malnourished boys.....

I've seen positive comments about them on other boards. Never heard one in person.

QUOTE (Tarkus406 @ Aug 14 2009, 08:15 PM) http://www.last.fm/music/The+Echo+Hazard/S...+Life+Can+Be%29 This is the first song of the new album I'm working on with my buddy Max. The album is called "Sky Castle" and is based on a short story Max wrote. This song is called "Overture (As Simple as Life Can Be)" I'm digging it. Good use of 7/4 (or 7/8), good synth sounds, and I like when the guitar comes in. I agree that the vocals are too low in the mix. I do think the intro goes on for a bit too long. The main chord progression is a good one, but you keep repeating it, and IMO the song gets a little repetitive after a while. And the lack of drums or percussion keeps this track from really taking off (again, IMO). Very few non-acoustic songs can go seven minutes with no drums and keep your full interest -- Pink Floyd's "Welcome To The Machine" being a good example. Again, those are just opinions. Don't take them as me saying you did it wrong -- there's no such thing as "wrong" in music except for obviously wrong notes, and sometimes wrong notes are right too. Don't take those opinions too harshly. This IS very good work, and you show good prog instincts.

QUOTE (LakesideMaiden @ Aug 19 2009, 05:47 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Aug 19 2009, 03:49 PM) QUOTE (LakesideMaiden @ Aug 19 2009, 03:25 PM) QUOTE (jdouglas @ Aug 19 2009, 03:18 PM) helpful? wow, I'd say so! Nice work! EXCELLENT WORK, jd...but nope, that's the newer version. Mine's much older. The PC board and wiring are completely different now. were you able to find the model # on the bottom of the unit? Should be with the serial # if it has it... There doesn't seem to be a model number. Serial is 2-065424 This unit is from (I believe) the early '80s, when they first started putting LEDs in them. I either find the new ones like you guys have found, clones that are wired differently, or the really old ones.